Myth and Folk 2.0
What real-world concern led to the urban legend warning people not to flash their lights at cars with their headlights off?
Fears about gang violence
What is one structural explanation for why modern Americans don't tell young children about bogeymen who will steal them away if they wander at night?
Fences and locks replaces the function of these stories
What is the primary difference between comparative religion and comparative mythology?
Focusing on sacred myths
Which culture is MOST accurately described as the cradle of Western civilization?
Greek/roman
In Egyptian mythology, the pharaoh is the avatar of what god?
Horus
Based on only their version of the World Flood myth, what culture would be LEAST likely to have had a major shipping or sailing practice in their most ancient times?
Incan
What is MOST important about the Sumerian King List?
It mentions of rulers after a great flood
What language includes both syllabic and logographic writing styles?
Japanese
The English alphabet falls into which category of alphabet?
Latin
Dante's Inferno explains what Catholic concept (reserved for virtuous souls who still cannot yet enter heaven)?
Limbo
Which culture's pantheon seems LEAST interested in mankind?
Mesopotamia
Which broad geographic term MOST accurately describes the location of Mesopotamia?
Middle East
Which mountain's entire top is considered a sacred site today?
Mount Fuji
What notable history book included fairy tales and legends as well as more typical history?
Nuremberg Chronicle by Schedel
What is an example of a creature though to be a cryptid but whose existence has been verified?
Okapi
What are logographic writing scripts based on (as in, what is the "building block" of the written language)?
Phonemes
What is the purpose of a Norse kenning?
Poetically communicating ideas
Who would the Greeks MOST likely have prayed to in order to prevent an earthquake?
Poseidon
Who is considered the most important god of the Egyptian pantheon, responsible for creation?
Ra
What mythical location is notable in that Hitler sent Nazis to look for it?
Shambhala
What type of deities derived their name from "Dyeus-ph-ter"?
Sky Gods
What explanation for ships lost in the Bermuda Triangle involves ships suddenly losing buoyancy and sinking quickly?
Sudden release of methane gas
Which god was at the top of the Aztec hierarchy?
Tezcatlipoca
What MOST determined which afterlife a person would go to according to Aztec myth?
The method by which they died
What was one responsibility of the Aztec goddess also known as "obsidian butterfly"?
The souls of dead children
What did the three treasures of the Japanese emperor represent?
Three Primary Virtues
Which cryptid's name translated to "child of hammer"?
Tsuchinoko
What global event MOST inspired modern Western folklore studies?
WW2
Which cryptozoological creature is humanoid in appearance?
Yeti
What are the three treasures (imperial regalia) of Imperial Japan?
a jewel, a mirror, and a tachi (sword)
The I Ching is a book describing the powers of nature. How are the eight major powers represented?
a series of lines creating trigrams
What is one major contributing factor to the Aztec empire having many, sometimes conflicting, versions of the same myths?
the huge geographic range of the Aztec empire
Where did the sun and the moon come from in Aztec mythology?
the sacrifice of Tecucistecatl and Nanahuatzin
What myth is likely partially responsible for Western culture's disdain toward reptiles?
Garden of Eden
What comparative mythology perspective would be LEAST likely to support the idea of a heroic monomyth?
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What gives the Sargasso Sea its name?
A long type of seaweed
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all grouped into which religious class (based on their shared "father")?
Abrahamic
What culture's myths MOST accurately describe the actual way language spreads through the world—branching off from a handful of core languages?
Amazonian
What was the food and drink of the Greek gods?
Ambrosia and nectar
What term could be MOST accurately applied to Mesopotamian myth?
Babylonian
Which cryptid is believed to be some form of sea serpent?
Champ
The stories of Ye Xian and Shaykh are considered to have the same themes as which Western tale?
Cinderella
In folklorist studies, what perspective was most popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
Comparativists
The concept of "men in black" refers most to urban legends of which category?
Conspiracy Theory
The Twins Cave in Israel is notable for being believed to be the location Jesus was entombed between his death and resurrection.
False
Where were the Naacal believed to have lived?
Mu
What city was believed to be legendary but was later discovered to be a real city?
Troy
What phenomenon do the majority of superstitions relate to?
Births?
From which Norse god's name did the word "Friday" derive from?
Frigg
According to Buddhist myth, where did the first tea plants come from?
A monks eyelids
What was the universe created from according to Aztec mythology?
A sea monsters body
What piece of legislation contains the clauses stating things like:"...the history of the United States effectively demonstrates that building a strong nation does not require the sacrifice of cultural differences;" and"...it is appropriate and necessary for the Federal Government to support research and scholarship...in order to contribute to an understanding of the complex problems of the basic desires, beliefs, and values of the American people in both rural and urban areas"?
American Folklife Preservation Act
Christianity is almost unique among Great Flood myths in that the survivors knew the flood was coming ahead of time.
False
The Bermuda Triangle is unusually deadly considering how few ships cross it, but the reasons for this are entirely explainable by modern science.
False
From where did anthropologists learn much about ancient Egyptian myths?
Funerary Texts
Western fairy tales and legends that involve heroes fighting villains are MOST likely serving which societal purpose?
Inspiring the listener to greatness
Although folktales are largely works of fiction, they often have elements of truth in them—enough that they can provide valuable clues to the existence and locations of cryptids.
True
Cultural beliefs about the underworld or afterlife for the wicked are often informed by the climate and physical environment in which the society developed.
True
In Aztec myth, the root cause of the Five Suns cycle is the jealousy and pettiness of the gods.
True
The Hindu religion contains texts that speak of over 300 million gods.
True
